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  • June 2008

    • Studios Brace for Actors' Strike

      New York Times  |  Jun 26, 08 2:30 AM CDT

      Studios Brace for Actors' Strike

      (Newser) - TV and movie studios are scrambling to be as prepared as possible in the event of an actors' strike when the union contract expires Monday, reports the New York Times. Movie studios had long planned to finish projects by the deadline—and TV studios have been rushing productions to finish next season’s episodes early. “We’re incredibly hopeful an agreement will be reached—but we have a contingency plan,” said an NBC executive. More »

    • Shell Strike Threatens UK Motorists

      Daily Telegraph (UK)  |  Jun 13, 08 6:40 AM CDT

      Shell Strike Threatens UK Motorists

      (Newser) - Truck drivers for Shell have begun a four-day strike in Britain that threatens to hike already sky-high gas prices. Although the government has warned motorists not to panic-buy, gas stations were reporting a 30% spike in sales in the hours before the action; union leaders, meanwhile, have threatened that gasoline would run out "almost immediately," reports the Telegraph . More »

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      United Kingdom  • gas prices  • strike  • labor strike  • Shell  • Shell Oil

    • Hollywood Strike Talk Might Be Just an Act

      Variety  |  Jun 5, 08 3:56 PM CDT

      Hollywood Strike Talk Might Be Just an Act

      (Newser) - Uncertainty still reigns in Hollywood as the largest actors union, the Screen Actors Guild, faces a pair of tough choices, Variety reports. SAG could try to sabotage a deal reached by the smaller American Federation of Television and Radio Artists, and it will need to get its members to authorize a strike if its contract with studios expires June 30 without a new agreement.  More »

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      labor unions  • Screen Actors Guild  • labor strike  • actors' strike  • SAG  • AFTRA

  • May 2008

    • French Go on Strike for a Day

      BBC  |  May 22, 08 9:01 AM CDT

      French Go on Strike for a Day

      (Newser) - France's five largest unions have launched a coordinated strike that has crippled bus, train, and airport links across the country. The BBC reports that postal services have been reduced and public radio stations are playing music instead of regular programming. The unions are protesting an effort by Nicolas Sarkozy's administration to make them work one extra year—41 instead of 40—before receiving a full pension. More »

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      France  • Nicolas Sarkozy  • strike  • labor strike  • pensions

    • Dockworkers Strike Against Iraq War

      Los Angeles Times  |  May 1, 08 4:25 PM CDT

      Dockworkers Strike Against Iraq War

      (Newser) - In an action their union says is a protest against the war in Iraq, dockworkers from Washington to Southern California have taken May Day off, crippling West Coast port traffic, the Los Angeles Times reports. The International Longshore and Warehouse Union, whose contract is up in 2 months, was ordered by an arbitrator to show up today. More »

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      Iraq war  • Los Angeles  • San Diego  • Seattle  • labor unions  • labor strike  • political protest  • labor relations  • port  • Long Beach

  • April 2008
  • March 2008

    • Sunni Militias Threaten Strike Over Late Pay

      Guardian (UK)  |  Mar 21, 08 9:53 AM CDT

      Sunni Militias Threaten Strike Over Late Pay

      (Newser) - US-allied Sunni militias are threatening to go on strike over late pay. At least two of the 49 Awakening councils that  have been enlisted in the fight against al-Qaeda in Iraq have already done so, reports the Guardian , and the dispute over their $10-a-day payments threatens the partnership that has been key to the reduction in violence in the last 6 months, say analysts. More »

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      Iraq  • Sunni  • strike  • labor strike  • Awakening Councils  • Sunni militants  • Sunni allies

  • December 2007
  • November 2007

    • B'way Strike Price: $17M a Day

      Wall Street Journal  |  Nov 13, 07 8:09 AM CST

      B'way Strike Price: $17M a Day

      (Newser) - The strike by theater stagehands is taking a big toll on Broadway’s $5-billion-a-year business, the Wall Street Journal reports. With restaurants, hotels, and bars feeling the pain as theatergoers stay away, officials estimate that the city that never sleeps is losing up to $17 million a day. No talks are currently scheduled. More »

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      theater  • Broadway  • labor strike  • stagehands

  • October 2007

    • Hollywood Writers Vote to Strike

      Los Angeles Times  |  Oct 20, 07 6:20 AM CDT

      Hollywood Writers Vote to Strike

      (Newser) - Hollywood writers are headed for the picket line if they don't reach a deal with the studios by Oct. 31. Members of the film and TV writers' union voted by a 90% margin to authorize a strike if the standoff isn't resolved, the first such strike vote since 1988, the Los Angeles Times reports. At issue is the writers' belief that they are being shortchanged on home video sales and web distribution. More »

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      Hollywood  • Writers Guild of America  • film studio  • labor strike  • TV shows

    • Chrysler Workers Walk Out

      Detroit Free Press  |  Oct 10, 07 10:30 AM CDT

      Chrysler Workers Walk Out

      (Newser) - United Auto Workers told its 49,000 Chrysler employees to walk off the job at 11 this morning after 24 hours of continuous negotiations failed to yield a contract. The action marks the second UAW strike against an automaker in 20 days. An expert estimated Chrysler will lose production on 3,000 vehicles per day; after 72 hours, that number could rise to 6,400 vehicles, the Detroit Free Press reports. More »

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      Detroit  • Chrysler  • United Auto Workers  • labor strike

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